Anonops #5: Anonymous en de MO-revoluties

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AMSTERDAM - Een 16-jarige jongen is woensdagnacht in Den Haag opgepakt voor de digitale aanvallen op websites van onder meer Mastercard en Paypal. De jongen heeft een bekentenis afgelegd. Dat heeft het Openbaar Ministerie donderdag bekendgemaakt. Nu.nl

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Investigates-Anonymous-DDoS-Against-PayPal-175442.shtml
Court fillings reveal that FBI is currently investigating the distributed denial of service attacks launched against PayPal by the Anonymous group of hacktivists.

The Smoking Gun reports that an FBI affidavit sworn in support of a search warrant at a Dallas hosting firm, reveals details of the federal probe.

At the beginning this month, PayPal froze the account used by WikiLeaks to receive donations citing illegal activities.

Shortly afterward, Anonymous, a group of Internet activists known to use DDoS as a protest method, mounted an attack against the PayPal blog.

In the days that followed, the attack moved to the main website and its API. PayPal publicly dismissed the downtime of its blog as a technical issue, but according to the affidavit, it contacted the FBI about it on December 6.

The company also supplied eight IP addresses used by Anononymous' IRC server, irc.anonops.net, where the attacks are launched from through the hive mind feature of the Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) DDoS tool.

The "hive mind" setting makes computers act like botnet clients by putting their bandwidth resources at the disposal of Anonymous leaders, who can then issue commands to attack certain targets.

One of the IP addresses provided by PayPal pointed to a hosting provider in Germany. When the German Federal Criminal Police investigated, it discovered that the server was owned by a man from France.

However, a more detailed analysis of the logs revealed that the actual commands to launch the DDoS attacks were issued by someone connected from an IP at the Dallas co-location vendor, where the FBI wants to execute a search warrant.

A separate IP addresss led investigators to an ISP in Canada, which told the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that its server is actually hosted at Hurricane Electric in Fremont, California.

The investigation continues and might lead to criminal charges against Anonymous members. Two teenagers previously received one-year prison sentences for their participation in Anonymous-organized DDoS attacks against the Church of Scientology.

Operation Bling

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Op donderdag 30 december 2010 22:07 schreef Maanvis het volgende:
Wie is anon om toch regels te stellen? Dus toch een groep/organisatie. HA!

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/31/anonymous-hackers-zimbabwe-wikileaks

Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has become the latest victim of online attacks by supporters of WikiLeaks, it was claimed today.

Cyber activists said they had brought down government websites after Mugabe's wife sued a newspaper for publishing a WikiLeaks cable that linked her with the alleged trade in illicit diamonds .

The Zimbabwean government website was unavailable today, while the finance ministry website displayed a message saying it was under maintenance.

Anonymous, a loose-knit group that has vowed to paralyse sites that act against WikiLeaks, said on its website: "We are targeting Mugabe and his regime in the Zanu-PF who have outlawed the free press and threaten to sue anyone publishing WikiLeaks."

Grace Mugabe has launched a defamation suit against Zimbabwe's Standard newspaper for $15m (£9.5m) for publishing details released by WikiLeaks suggesting that she had gained "tremendous profits" from the trade in illicit diamonds.

The offending article quotes from a US embassy cable that alleged she was among a group of elite Zimbabweans making "several hundred thousand dollars a month" from the sale of illegal stones mined in the politically sensitive Marange district. Grace Mugabe denies the allegations.

Zimbabwe's attorney general has formed a commission to investigate the WikiLeaks cables with a view to bring charges of treason against anyone found to be colluding with "aggressive" foreign governments. This has been seen as a thinly veiled attempt to target the country's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai.

Anonymous, a 1,000-strong group of activists, rallied on behalf of WikiLeaks after Amazon and other companies terminated business services with the website. It launched Operation Payback to give firms deemed hostile to WikiLeaks a "black eye".

The websites of Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and the company that hosted WikiLeaks were all brought down after severing ties with the whistleblowing site.

The Swedish prosecution office's website was also attacked after it pressed for the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from the UK to face trial over alleged sexual offences.

Anonymous's so-called "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attacks, which bring down sites by overpowering them with repeated requests to load, are illegal in the UK.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/10/fine-gael-website-anonymous-hackers

Ireland's main opposition party's website has been hacked into by a group which has recently come to prominence for attacks on companies related to the WikiLeaks controversy.

Up to 2,000 people's personal details were compromised in the attack by the hackers, known as Anonymous, Fine Gael said. The American internet firm ElectionMall, which reported the cyber attack to US authorities, has informed the party that the FBI is now involved in the investigation.

A statement from Fine Gael confirmed that its site, Finegael.com had been compromised by the Anonymous group, which has backed WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange against attempts by the United States government to stop the leaking of sensitive American diplomatic cables. Anonymous has launched attacks on the websites of companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Amazon over allegations that they acted against WikiLeaks.

Fine Gael has contacted the office of the data protection commissioner Billy Hawkes following the website attack, which is investigating.

It also contacted the Garda computer crime unit in relation to the incident. In a statement, Fine Gael said it had this morning emailed all of those affected to notify them.

There appears to be no obvious reason why Anonymous have targeted Fine Gael, the party most likely to be the major force in a new coalition following this year's Irish general election which will be held in March.

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Welcome to AnonOps Network

What are we?

AnonOps is an international group that was founded from within the Operation: Payback campaign. After the numerous server changes and issues that Operation: Payback encountered in regards to service, it was decided that it would be more suitable if the group ran its own services rather than relying on others. When Operation: Payback went into hiatus in mid-October 2010, the group decided that it would provide services to any Anonymous Operation, not just Operation: Payback. This could be considered the point where the network and the operations that reside on it became seperate entities. AnonOps should now be considered a standalone network with no official ties to the campaigns that use its platform.

Who are we?

We are not Anonymous. We are not 4chan. We are not Operation: Payback and we did not attack any websites. We are merely a network frequented by their movement. We do not advocate, condemn or control what our users discuss; that is not what we are here for. We are here to provide a service for anyone to speak freely on a subject, regardless of content, as long as they abide by our network rules.

What services do we provide?

The main service we provide is a central and relatively stable meeting point for Anonymous via IRC as well as user forums. In addition to this, we have a radio station (Radio Payback) and a website. Anyone is free to join the IRC network and register to access the forums. Users are free to start their own channels on any subject, so long as they abide by the aforementioned rules.

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ANONYMOUS PRESS RELEASE January 25, 2011 DEAR JOURNALISTS OF THE WORLD, You were intrigued by us when we took on the financial sector by attacking Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal as part of Operation Payback. Many of you became enamoured with us during Operation Tunisia and applauded our efforts. Some of you are now paying close attention to Operation Algeria. We know that we have gained support from even a few of you. Those few are hoping against hope that our unconventional methods will continue to have an effect on people, perhaps even the world. Those few admire us, if for no other reason than the fact that, in a world full of apathy, a world filled with people who don't even bother to read the information you painstakingly present, we are trying to do something. This intrigues you. At the very least, it inspires you to keep an eye on us, hoping we continue to take newsworthy actions. You know that, whether you are risking your own safety - perhaps even your own life - to share the truth, or whether you are beholden to your dictators or your advertisers, unable to write anything they do not approve, we, Anonymous, are on your side and are fighting for you and your freedoms. You, the journalists, reporters, and bloggers. You, the newspapers, television networks and websites who hunt down and disseminate information. We are fighting for you. Some of you have recorded milestones of our efforts. Some of you have reported upon them, and some of you have even participated in our fight. You are the press, and you have our gratitude. We need your help now. From North Africa to Gaza, people are rising up and risking their lives to demand nothing more than basic rights, an end to the corruption, and a fair chance to progress in life. What the Western world is unaware of, and the Western media largely ignores, is the fact that the people protesting and the people dying in the Arab world are just like them. They have the same desire for basic freedoms, similar ambitions for themselves and for their family and friends, the same inherent intelligence and, the same keen sense of injustice as their counterparts in the West when oppressed. Here is where we need your help. We ask you, the journalists, to bring to the rest of the world the humanity of these revolutions. What we are witnessing are not extremist acts that are committed by misled, ignorant people. Indeed, they are committed by intelligent, but desperate people people willing to sacrifice themselves in order to inspire their fellow citizens to rally against their oppressors. The world needs human news. The world needs to know who it is that needs their support, and not just the number of casualties or the politics involved. What we ask is simple. There are people protesting in Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, Albania, Libya, and many other countries at this very moment. Tell us who they are and what it is they want for their country and their people, for now and in the future. So many voices are raised in protest right now and all the world can hear is the noise. Tell us what the people are saying. Some of you will ignore this message. It announces no new operations, as we are still focusing our efforts on Operation Algeria. This message issues no threats, as you are the press and are always safe from us. If you heed our request, however, it could make all the difference in the world, as it made a difference for the Tunisians to know that they were speaking and the world was hearing their message. Help us do this for Algeria, Egypt, and other countries where the people are imploring to be heard. Signed, Anonymous. We are Anonymous. We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights. We do not forget those who assist the oppressed. To the Tyrannical governments of the world... Expect us. ###

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Operation: Egypt began its recruitment campaign 3 days ago, inviting participants to join the #OpEgypt channel on its IRC network. As with the previous attacks against PayPal, MasterCard and Visa, volunteers are being sought to install and run the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) software, which can automatically bombard a website with a large volume of traffic.

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 15:31 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:
anders ook niet, trouwens papierversnipperaar.

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 15:49 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

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Ik krijg anders opeens sympathie voor de Egyptische regering nu ik zie dat de anonieme hordes van computerscherm lafbekjes zich achter de revolutie scharen .

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 15:49 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:


Als je de publieke opinie positief wilt beïnvloeden voor de revolutionairen pak je een camera, probeer je Egypte binnen te komen, schiet je een paar plaatjes van politiegeweld, print ze uit, en strooi je ze uit op straat in Caïro. Dát werkt.

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ReemAbdellatif RT @bencnn: Can hear what sounds like tear gas being fired near Ramsis Street #many plainclothed policeman attacking cameraman #Jan25 #Egypt

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Je reactie laat overigens wel de kinderlijke naïviteit van jouw soort soort zien.

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Mayousef Blogspot and facebook officially Blocked in #Egypt stupid move .. the darker it gets the sooner the light will break .. #Jan25 less than 20 seconds ago via web

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:03 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

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Ik schaar je bij een groep, leef er maar mee

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Wees eens realistisch.

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3b1b8d0c-f092-47e5-b769-ea23973193dd_normal fo0_ RT @MarietjeD66: Journalist @guardian arrested in #Egypt made live recording of back of pol.truck, Dutch journalist beaten as well http://tinyurl.com/5v32o4b

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:15 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:



Wat heeft Afghanistan ermee te maken? V

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:15 schreef Maanvis het volgende:

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Dankzij de aanvallen op overheidssites weten journalisten en inwoners nu niet waar ze kunnen schuilen voor het geweld. DANKJEWEL ANON

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SuomynonaEraUoy RT @MahmoudMourad: @shaimastreet The 1-Million Protesters March, starting all over #Egypt, Just after Friday Prayers! Spread it! RT #Jan25 #1M

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:24 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

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Leg het dan uit

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:25 schreef Maanvis het volgende:

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Waavan is ANON 't slachtoffer!?

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:29 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

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Te autistisch om het even uit te leggen, fair enough.

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Anon is een groep achterlijke computernerdjes. Er zullen vast wel enkele Egyptenaren bijzitten, maar aangezien slechts 20 procent van de Egyptenaren in normale omstandigheden wel eens het internet bezoekt zal hun aandeel in dat kinderlijke hobbygroepje wel klein zijn.

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 16:32 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:
probeer te begrijpen

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david_7even RT @khaladk: www.mcit.gov.eg is down. Tit for tat? For taking FB,Twitter, gmail offline? Hmmm.... #Jan25 #Egypt

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NextAmCity RT @AlecJRoss: USA concerned whenever there are restrictions of freedom of expression regardless of the medium. #Egypt #Jan25

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 21:21 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

Ben ik dan de enige op wie Anonops als een groepje kinderlijke naïeve en speelse plaaggeesten overkomt? Wat doen ze nou?

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Shows-Support-for-Egyptian-Algerian-and-Albanian-Protesters-180718.shtml

Various Anonymous cells have launched campaigns in support of Tunisian-inspired civil protests currently happening in countries like Egypt, Algeria or Albania.

Anonymous is a social movement characterized by strong anti-censorship views, whose supporters often organize mass Internet "operations" against companies, governments and other groups.

Anonymous is an ever changing group of people that share a set of ideals and choose to act together to achieve a common goal.

Anons have provided mirrors for Wikileaks when the organization lost the hosting for its primary website and have provided Tunisian Internet users with tools and instructions on how to avoid online traps set up by the government.

There are noew clear signs that Anonymous members are organizing similar campaigns to support protests in other countries with oppressive regimes.

The most advanced seems to be "Operation: Egypt," which has its own IRC channel where Anons are organizing a distributed denial of service attack against www.moiegypt.gov.eg, the website of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior and www.mcit.gov.eg, the Egyptian Ministry of Communications & Information Technology portal.

Earlier this week, the Egyptian government began blocking access to Twitter and other social media websites after thousands used them to coordinate protests in several cities.

The BBC reports that three people have already been killed as a result of clashes with law enforcement, including a police officer from Cairo.

"Operation: Algeria" has also been launched and participating Anonymous members threatened the country's government after street protests were banned in the country.

"We believe the Algerian attempts at censorship and oppression are doomed to fail if each one of us takes up our individual responsibilities: For only we, the people, decide to make it so," a press release read.

Meanwhile, "Operation: Albania" is also taking shape on Facebook, where Anonymous supporters posted links to censorship bypassing materials, proxy lists, encryption software and other tools.

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Op Egypt Black Fax/E-Mail Bomb Action

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Op woensdag 26 januari 2011 22:36 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:
Doe je zelf nou ook mee aan die dingen of post je het hier alleen maar?

A Message To Journalists

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ANONYMOUS PRESS RELEASE January 25, 2011 DEAR JOURNALISTS OF THE WORLD, You were intrigued by us when we took on the financial sector by attacking Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal as part of Operation Payback. Many of you became enamoured with us during Operation Tunisia and applauded our efforts. Some of you are now paying close attention to Operation Algeria. We know that we have gained support from even a few of you. Those few are hoping against hope that our unconventional methods will continue to have an effect on people, perhaps even the world. Those few admire us, if for no other reason than the fact that, in a world full of apathy, a world filled with people who don't even bother to read the information you painstakingly present, we are trying to do something. This intrigues you. At the very least, it inspires you to keep an eye on us, hoping we continue to take newsworthy actions. You know that, whether you are risking your own safety - perhaps even your own life - to share the truth, or whether you are beholden to your dictators or your advertisers, unable to write anything they do not approve, we, Anonymous, are on your side and are fighting for you and your freedoms. You, the journalists, reporters, and bloggers. You, the newspapers, television networks and websites who hunt down and disseminate information. We are fighting for you. Some of you have recorded milestones of our efforts. Some of you have reported upon them, and some of you have even participated in our fight. You are the press, and you have our gratitude. We need your help now. From North Africa to Gaza, people are rising up and risking their lives to demand nothing more than basic rights, an end to the corruption, and a fair chance to progress in life. What the Western world is unaware of, and the Western media largely ignores, is the fact that the people protesting and the people dying in the Arab world are just like them. They have the same desire for basic freedoms, similar ambitions for themselves and for their family and friends, the same inherent intelligence and, the same keen sense of injustice as their counterparts in the West when oppressed. Here is where we need your help. We ask you, the journalists, to bring to the rest of the world the humanity of these revolutions. What we are witnessing are not extremist acts that are committed by misled, ignorant people. Indeed, they are committed by intelligent, but desperate people people willing to sacrifice themselves in order to inspire their fellow citizens to rally against their oppressors. The world needs human news. The world needs to know who it is that needs their support, and not just the number of casualties or the politics involved. What we ask is simple. There are people protesting in Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, Albania, Libya, and many other countries at this very moment. Tell us who they are and what it is they want for their country and their people, for now and in the future. So many voices are raised in protest right now and all the world can hear is the noise. Tell us what the people are saying. Some of you will ignore this message. It announces no new operations, as we are still focusing our efforts on Operation Algeria. This message issues no threats, as you are the press and are always safe from us. If you heed our request, however, it could make all the difference in the world, as it made a difference for the Tunisians to know that they were speaking and the world was hearing their message. Help us do this for Algeria, Egypt, and other countries where the people are imploring to be heard. Signed, Anonymous. We are Anonymous. We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights. We do not forget those who assist the oppressed. To the Tyrannical governments of the world... Expect us. ###

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amgadmakarem Hillary Clinton says "Free the Internet in Egypt" #Egypt #jan25 #jan26 #tahrir #masr #cairo half a minute ago via Echofon

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3rdEyedVisions RT @AnonymousIRC: IRC: "Just got this from the Prime Minister via E-Mail ! "The recipient's mailbox is full and can't accept messages now" #OpEgypt #Jan25 12 minutes ago via Twitterfall

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/obama-nominates-top-copyright-lawyer-solicitor-general/

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he plans to nominate former Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lawyer Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. as solicitor general, a position formerly held by Elena Kagan.

Verrilli currently serves as deputy counsel to the president and previously served as an associate deputy attorney general in the Department of Justice. Prior to serving for the Justice Department, he worked in the private law firm Jenner & Block for over 20 years.

During his private practice, Verrilli had been involved in a number of prominent cases involving online file-sharing and copyright infringement, arguing on behalf of the recording and entertainment industry.

He represented 28 companies that sued the file-sharing network Grokster for copyright infringement in the US Supreme Court. In 2005, Grokster was forced to shut down its site following a $50 million legal settlement with the movie studios, record labels and music publishers.

In 2007, he led a team of lawyers that sued Google for $1 billion on behalf of the entertainment giant Viacom, alleging that Google's site YouTube was involved in massive violations of copyrighted material.

In the same year, Verrilli represented the RIAA against a Minnesota woman named Jammie Thomas, who allegedly made songs available on the file-sharing network Kazaa. During the case, he argued that "making copyrighted sound recordings available for electronic distribution on a peer-to-peer network" violated the law, "regardless of whether actual distribution has been shown."

Along with representing the recording and entertainment industry, in 2003 Verrilli argued on the winning side of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a convicted killer's death penalty and unsuccessfully challenged the form of lethal injection used by many states to carry out executions, The New York Times reported.

He also signed an amicus curie brief that argued Jose Padilla, a United States citizen accused of being a terrorist, could not be classified as an "enemy combatant" and was entitled to due process.

If confirmed by the Senate, Verrilli would fill the powerful position now held by Neal Katyal, who became the acting Solicitor General after Elena Kagan was nominated to the Supreme Court. Kagan was confirmed to the post by Congress in August 2010.

The solicitor general argues on behalf of the government of the United States in the Supreme Court and is responsible for filing amicus curiae briefs in cases where the government has a significant legal interest.

Verrilli has participated in more than 100 cases before the US Supreme Court and argued 12, according to the White House. He also served as an adjunct professor of constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center for more than 15 years, focusing on First Amendment law.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 18:57 schreef Dlocks het volgende:
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NSB praktijken verdienen een sabotage actie.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/egypt-protest-leaflets-mass-action
Anonymous flyers provide practical and tactical advice for confronting riot police, and besieging government offices

Egyptians have been urged to come out after Friday prayers tomorrow and demand the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak's government, along with freedom, justice and a democratic regime.

Anonymous leaflets circulating in Cairo also provide practical and tactical advice for mass demonstrations, confronting riot police, and besieging and taking control of government offices.

Signed "long live Egypt", the slickly produced 26-page document calls on demonstrators to begin with peaceful protests, carrying roses but no banners, and march on official buildings while persuading policemen and soldiers to join their ranks.

The leaflet ask recipients to redistribute it by email and photocopy, but not to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter, which are being monitored by the security forces.

Protesters in Cairo are advised to gather in large numbers in their own neighbourhoods away from police and troops and then move towards key installations such the state broadcasting HQ on the Nile-side Corniche and try to take control "in the name of the people". Other priority targets are the presidential palace and police stations in several parts of central Cairo.

The leaflet includes aerial photographs with approach routes marked and diagrams on crowd formations. Suggested "positive" slogans include "long live Egypt" and "down with the corrupt regime". There are no signs of slogans reflecting the agenda of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood. It advises demonstrators to wear clothing such as hooded jackets, running shoes, goggles and scarves to protect against teargas, and to carry dustbin lids – to ward off baton blows and rubber bullets – first aid kits, and roses to symbolise their peaceful intentions.

Diagrams show how to defend against riot police and push in waves to break through their ranks. "The most important thing is to protect each other," the leaflet says.

It is important to prevent policemen penetrating the ranks of demonstrators, it adds. If they do, they should be persuaded to change sides and reminded that their own families could be among the people.

Banners and posters should be hung from balconies and windows, it advises, and it provides handy models for posters – one showing a visor-helmeted riot policeman flanked by an elderly woman in traditional peasant dress and a younger one in modern clothes over the slogan "Police and people together against the regime".

The president's son Gamal – often thought likely to succeed his father – is labelled "Cowardly Mubarak", with the words "Where's Daddy now?" Another idea is the country's national symbol of an eagle with "Egypt's Liberation Day" underneath it.

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A message to Anonymous from Egypt.

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A MESSAGE TO ANONYMOUS FROM EGYPT

Anon

Tomorrow, there is a real danger that Egypt will be cut off from the world, with no internet and no mobile networks. Already we have seen Twitter go down, along with facebook and Gchat, and now Blackberry 3G. These are the means by
If it is confirmed tomorrow that our communications have been lost , we ask that you stand behind us, and protest against our ISPs and Mobile Providers, many of whom are multinationals.
Vodaphone, LinkDSL, TEData, and others have already colluded with the government to stifle freedom of speech and access to free information. The world MUST know what they are doing, and respond with boycotts and demonstrations.
Anon, we ask you that you let them know that this will not stand. You cannot be here with us, but if you can simply help us communicate with the world, you will be fighting a much larger battle, one which will come to you all soon enough.

Signed,
Anonymous

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OPEN LETTER FROM ANONYMOUS TO THE UK GOVERNMENT
Dear UK government,
We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that you deemed it necessary
to arrest five of our fellow anons for their participation in the DDoS
attacks against PayPal, Mastercard, and others, that have been carried out
in our name in retaliation for those organisations’ actions against WikiLeaks.
We understand you are planning to charge these fellow anons with offences
under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act, which prohibits impairing the operation
of a computer or the readability of data. Anonymous believes, however, that
pursuing this direction is a sad mistake on your behalf. Not only does it
reveal the fact that you do not seem to understand the present-day political
and technological reality, we also take this as a serious declaration of war
from yourself, the UK government, to us, Anonymous, the people.
First and foremost, it is important to realize what a DDoS attack exactly is
and what it means in the contemporary political context. As traditional means
of protest (peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins, the blocking of a crossroads
or the picketing of a factory fence) have slowly turned into nothing but an
empty, ritualised gesture of discontent over the course of the last century,
people have been anxiously searching for new ways to pressure politicians
and give voice to public demands in a manner that might actually be able
to change things for the better. Anonymous has, for now, found this new
way of voicing civil protest in the form of the DDoS, or Distributed Denial of
Service, attack. Just as is the case with traditional forms of protest, we block
access to our opponents infrastructure to get our message across. Whether
or not this infrastructure is located in the real world or in cyberspace, seems
completely irrelevant to us.
Moreover, we would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight
on the difference between a DDoS attack and hacking, as these concepts
often seem to be confounded when media and policy-makers talk about
Anonymous. Hacking as such is defined by the law as ‘unauthorised access
to a computer or network’, whereas a DDoS attack is simply a case of
thousands of people making legitimate connections to a publicly accessible
webserver at the same time, using up the entire bandwidth or processing
power of the given server at once and thereby causing a huge ‘traffic jam’.
ANONYMOUS PRESS RELEASE
January 27, 2011
It is clear then, that arresting somebody for taking part in a DDoS attack
is exactly like arresting somebody for attending a peaceful demonstration
in their hometown. Anonymous believes this right to peacefully protest
is one of the fundamental pillars of any democracy and should not be
restricted in any way. Moreover, we have noted that similar attacks have
also been carried out against Wikileaks itself, yet so far, nobody has been
arrested in connection with these attacks, nor are there even any signs
of an investigation into this issue at all. Yet, we know exactly who was
responsible for that attack. Anonymous believes it is unfair and hypocritical
to attempt to put these 5 arrested anons to trial without even attempting to
find those who DDoS’ed a website which you oppose. We can therefore
only assume that these arrests are politically motivated, and were being
carried out under pressure from the US government. Anonymous can not,
and will not, stand idle while this injustice is being done.
Furthermore, the maximum sentence these 5 anons could be given under
the Computer Misuse Act is 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to
£5000. We want you to realize just how ridiculous these sentences are,
especially given the exact nature of a DDoS attack and its lack of permanent
damage to the target website. To hand out these kinds of harsh sentences
(even to minors!) would effectively ruin their life, taking away their chance
at higher education or even any kind of proper future, simply because they
participated in a peaceful cyber-protest and stood up for their rights. A fine
as high as £5000 would also put an incredible strain on the minors’ families.
We hope that you consider changing the legal framework for what is, at
worst, a minor offence.
And last but not least: The fact that thousands of people from all over the
world felt the need to participate in these attacks on organisations targeting
Wikileaks and treating it as a public threat, rather than a common good,
should be something that sets you thinking. You can easily arrest individuals,
but you cannot arrest an ideology. We are united by a common objective
and we can and WILL cross any borders to achieve that. So our advice to
you, the UK government, is to take this statement as a serious warning from
the citizens of the world. We will not rest until our fellow anon protesters
have been released.
Awaiting your action,
Anonymous

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Op vrijdag 28 januari 2011 01:09 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:
Haha, grappig geschreven weer. Tevens zielig.

Stop die ventjes gewoon even in het gevang, om een voorbeeld te stellen. Maandje of vijf? En een levenslang internetverbod.

Oh, en het arrogante snotneusje die dat artikel op zijn geweten heeft mag wat mij betreft ook heropgevoed worden. De Britse overheid bedreigen op zo een manier is treurig en idioot. Ga rebelletje spelen op het speelplein, het schrijven van zo een brief kost meer tijd en is minder leuk.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 22:21 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
http://imgur.com/DzIYU

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Even uitgetypt.

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Reports are emerging that Internet has gone down in Cairo and perhaps throughout Egypt, only hours before the largest planned protests yet.

According to a report from The Arabist, "Egypt has shut off the internet."

The fastest way to bring down a dictator is to force him to act like one where everyone can see it.

As Bill Engvall would say, "Here's your sign!"

Shutting off the internet will only enrage people all the more. Think of the rioting that breaks out during blackouts, only worse, because the people know the shutting off of the internet is a deliberate attack by the government. By this action, Mubarak has admitted the rule of law has failed and it is the tyrant against the people. My money is on the people.

Worse, even if the organizers of the protests wanted to cool things down,now they cannot. The riots will no longer be on planned locations, the rioting will be everywhere!

Way to go Egypt! Time to bury another Pharaoh!

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10.18am: The UN chief Ban-Ki moon has condemned Egypt's decision to cut internet access ahead of planned protests as being against the democratic principles of freedom of expression and association, the Associated Press reports:

Speaking to reporters Friday at the World Economic Forum, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he has been following closely the protests in Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt and urged leaders to ensure that further violence is avoided. The UN chief said leaders should view the situation as a chance to address what he calls the "legitimate concerns" of their people.

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Rookvrije horeca die ten onrechte op de lijst staan kunnen dit doorgeven via: meldpunt2@CleanAirNederland.nl

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 00:29 schreef Berlitz het volgende:
Zet het internet af en die losertjes doen niks meer.

Ze scheten al in hun broek toen er zo,n ddoser was opgepakt.

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 00:35 schreef Berlitz het volgende:

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Dat waren geen anon-nerdjes.

Die durven de straat helemaal niet op.

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The Egyptian government cut internet connections across their country to silence protests, leaving nearly all of its citizens without online access. But they weren't entirely successful. When governments shut down broadband and mobile connections, here's what to do.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20029885-83.html
January 28, 2011 8:41 AM PST
FBI issues warrants over pro-WikiLeaks attacks
by Lance Whitney

The FBI is on the hunt for the hackers responsible for a recent wave of cyberattacks launched in defense of WikiLeaks.

FBI agents yesterday executed more than 40 search warrants in the United States as part of their ongoing investigation. Pointing to the group Anonymous, which has taken responsibility for the attacks, the FBI said that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) assaults were facilitated by software the group makes available as free downloads.

Late last year, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and other companies were hit by DDoS attacks triggered by activists in support of WikiLeaks after the companies cut off sources of funding to the whistle-blowing site.

The FBI apparently started its investigation after it was contacted by PayPal in December and was able to trace two of the IP addresses provided by PayPal to physical locations, one of which was in Texas where the agency seized a server.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20029885-83.html#ixzz1CO1rMRnv

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President Hosni Mubarak's decision shut down access to the Internet last night to try — unsuccessfully — to stop the tide of unrest marked the first time an entire country (minus websites for Egypt's commercial international bank and stock exchange) has been sealed off. "It's quite easy, as we've seen," Lynn St. Amour, president of the Internet Society said from Davos. Indeed, in addition to recent efforts in Tunisia and Syria, Burma's military leaders partially cut off access during protests in 2005 and Nepal did the same as its king battled insurgents. China cut off access to its Xinjiang region for almost a year after ethnic unrest. But how exactly does it work? In Egypt's case it was made easier by the fact that although there are hundreds of service providers, just four own the infrastructure. Experts say newer telecommunications markets can orchestrate shutdowns relatively easily. Vodafone, one of the four internet service providers, released a statement saying, "All mobile operators in Egypt have been instructed to suspend services in selected areas. Under Egyptian legislation, the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply."

Governments also have the option of closing down routers, which direct traffic over a country's border. But in Egypt's case that would have permitted access from users within the country.

But "kill switches" aren't just the province of contested regimes in the Middle East and Asia. Earlier this week, Senator Joe Lieberman brought back a bill he first introduced last summer that would give President Obama power over privately owned Internet providers and computer systems during a "national cyberemergency." The revised version of the Lieberman-Collins bill now includes language stipulating that the federal government designation "shall not be subject to judicial review." It also expanded the president's purview to include "provider of information technology." Given the government's rush to cut off access to WikiLeaks for a few thousand embarrassing but dated diplomatic cables, it's hard to trust their definition of a "cyberemergency."

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The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said.

"The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered ... suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff as of today," a statement on the official Mena
news agency said on Sunday.

In a statement, Al Jazeera said it strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The network received notification from the Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning.

"Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt," the statement said.

An Al Jazeera spokesman said that the company would continue its strong coverage regardless.

'Designed to stifle'

"Al Jazeera sees this as an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists," the statement said.

"In this time of deep turmoil and unrest in Egyptian society it is imperative that voices from all sides be heard; the closing of our bureau by the Egyptian government is aimed at censoring and silencing the voices of the Egyptian people.

"Al Jazeera assures its audiences in Egypt and across the world that it will continue its in-depth and comprehensive reporting on the events unfolding in Egypt.

"Al Jazeera journalists have brought unparallelled reporting from the ground from across Egypt in the face of great danger and extraordinary circumstances. Al Jazeera Network is appalled at this latest attack by the Egyptian regime to strike at its freedom to report independently on the unprecedented events in Egypt."

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RT @AymanM: Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English have just been taken off air in #Egypt (via phone)

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"Internet not working, police cars burning," sent out one Egyptian. "Today marks a great day for Egypt," sent out another.

These messages weren't coming from mobile phones or computers, but from an amateur radio sending out Morse Code somewhere amidst the chaos in Egypt.

The Egyptian government's efforts to limit communications within the country has triggered a wave of activism from an international group of free speech activists on the Internet called Telecomix.

Organizing using chat rooms, wikis, and collaborative writing tools, this largely anonymous group has worked to inform Egyptians about their communications options while receiving incoming messages from them. Telecomix has previously worked on free speech efforts in Tunisia, Iran, China and other countries who have tried to censor or block parts of the Internet.

Egypt has been identified as a "top priority" for Telecomix on one of its network sites, We Re-Build. It has a wiki set up as a one-stop shop with the latest chat rooms and resources for the ongoing efforts.

There are roughly 20 extremely active members, 50 active and some 300 total including lurkers, according to chat administrator Christopher Kullenberg from Gothenburg, Sweden.

"Think of Telecomix as an ever growing bunch of friends that do things together," Kullenberg says.
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For the majority of users, anonymity is stressed and real identities are rendered obsolete.

Said one chat user, in awe from Australia: "I'm new here, just trying to help."

Here's a timeline of recent events for the group:

When Internet and mobile services were cut off in Egypt on Thursday night, though landlines were operational, members immediately got to work to send information to Egyptian fax numbers. Searching for a common string of characters found in Egyptian fax machines numbers on Google, they discovered a large amount of numbers.

At first, they sent out Wikileaks cables to these numbers, but then they determined the Egyptians didn't need additional motivation. Instead, they were interested in information on how to communicate with each other and the outside world. The activists thus began providing instructions for using dial-up modems and amateur radios, known as Ham radios, which the Egyptian people could use to communicate.

The group says it's also worked on receiving and decoding amateur radio messages, sent on frequencies recommended by the group of activists. While these groups have only been able to receive a small amount of messages of a short length with an unknown source, the Egyptian people's use of amateur radio to transmit messages represents an interesting utilization of old-fashioned technology to circumvent government restrictions.

Most activists behind these messages tell The Huffington Post they wish to remain anonymous. But besides Telecomix, other Internet groups have assisted, including "Anonymous," which has helped by sending out large amounts of faxes into Egypt. "Anonymous" was also involved in denial of service operations against organizations who took actions against Wikileaks. They've also participated in many other operations, with targets ranging from Scientology to Gene Simmons.

Have these efforts proven effective in helping the Egyptian people? "We cannot really tell," said Kullenberg. "Opening up communication channels is enough for us. What that leads up to, is up to the people communicating."

Said another user, wd40_: "Time will tell."

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AlJazeera crew leave Suez as no longer safe to be there. Direct threats made against jazeera. Unsure where anger originating?Thugs? #Jan25

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nolanjazeera Dan Nolan
Aljazeera Cairo bureau has been shut down. Just visited by plain clothes govt security, TV uplink is now closed #Egypt #Jan 25

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RT @umarmirza Demonstratie voor Egypte en tegen Mubarak op t Malieveld in Den Haag (14-16.00). Spread the message! foto's > mail me #jan25
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Op zondag 30 januari 2011 17:38 schreef schommelstoel het volgende:
over de NOS en RTL gesproken zou je haast door deze gebeurtenis kunnen laten zien dat beide nieuws programma's niet het nieuws neutraal brengen en of 100% verteld wat er wel gaande is.

VIa Fok! en andere internet media ben je meer en duidelijker op de hoogte als dan dat je NOS of RTL zou volgen.
Door het volgens van de NOS en RTL krijgen mensen een opgedrongen mening door van anderen.

Klopt totaal niet wat ze daar doen.

Een actie beginnen richting NOS en RTL nieuws?